Having just scarified our lawn I have a large amount of moss to dispose
of! I have saved some for the hanging baskets - Are there any other
uses for the moss in the garden or is it OK to put on the compost heap?

"diane" wrote in message
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: Having just scarified our lawn I have a large amount of moss to dispose
: of! I have saved some for the hanging baskets - Are there any other
: uses for the moss in the garden or is it OK to put on the compost heap?
:
Yes it's fine I the compost heap as are most things organic

diane wrote:
Having just scarified our lawn I have a large amount of moss to dispose
of! I have saved some for the hanging baskets - Are there any other
uses for the moss in the garden or is it OK to put on the compost heap?

Put it in one of those peanut bags and hang it up for the birds.
They'll love it for nest lining.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

Having just scarified our lawn I have a large amount of moss to dispose
of! I have saved some for the hanging baskets - Are there any other
uses for the moss in the garden or is it OK to put on the compost heap?

Put it in one of those peanut bags and hang it up for the birds.
They'll love it for nest lining.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

what a good idea, I wasted a fair bit of time this afternoon watching
several jackdaws,they were sitting on my old pony picking out lumps of
hair and flying off to line their nests. It does not bother her as she
is shedding her winter coat indeed she seems to quite like it. We often
find old nests with her hair inside :-)

kate

"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
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Having just scarified our lawn I have a large amount of moss to dispose
of! I have saved some for the hanging baskets - Are there any other
uses for the moss in the garden or is it OK to put on the compost heap?

Put it in one of those peanut bags and hang it up for the birds.
They'll love it for nest lining.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

what a good idea, I wasted a fair bit of time this afternoon watching
several jackdaws,they were sitting on my old pony picking out lumps of
hair and flying off to line their nests. It does not bother her as she
is shedding her winter coat indeed she seems to quite like it. We often
find old nests with her hair inside :-)

kate

That does not sound a waste of time to me. One of those magical
moments --much better to watch someone or something working than having to
do it yourself:-)

"Robert" wrote in message
...

"diane" wrote in message
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: Having just scarified our lawn I have a large amount of moss to dispose
: of! I have saved some for the hanging baskets - Are there any other
: uses for the moss in the garden or is it OK to put on the compost heap?
:
Yes it's fine I the compost heap as are most things organic

I guess if you throw it in with a big pile of lawn clippings the heat
generated will finish it off. The idea of giving it to the birds does sound
good however.

rob

Following up to "Rupert" :

That does not sound a waste of time to me. One of those magical
moments --much better to watch someone or something working than having to
do it yourself:-)

I didn't know Kate could build nests. I'm impressed. :-)
--
Tim C.

Tim C. wrote:
Following up to "Rupert" :

That does not sound a waste of time to me. One of those magical
moments --much better to watch someone or something working than having to
do it yourself:-)

I didn't know Kate could build nests. I'm impressed. :-)


Tsk, tsk. Most women build nests, you know. ;-))
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

snip


sale! They return the favours by eating a lot of bugs we don't want
around, so it's a happily symbiotic relationship. What never ceases to
amaze and enchant me is how unfrightened so many of the birds are.
They build nests very close to paths where literally thousands of
people pass over a season or right outside the kitchen window, which is
opened and shut several times a day and they zoom in and out of
greenhouses as if people just weren't there. One of the best things
about it is seeing the delight of small children at being at close
quarters with them.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

Last year we had a robin build its nest in a riding hat hanging on the
back of a door :-)

kate

Gloucestershire

p.s. I have just seen the first swallow, Hoooray

Kate Morgan wrote:
snip Last year we had a robin build its nest in a riding hat hanging
on the
back of a door :-)

Now why didn't you turn that into your Christmas card?! ;-)

p.s. I have just seen the first swallow, Hoooray

Not a sign here but I imagine they must arrive on the coast and move
further up, 'back filling' as they go!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

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Tim C. wrote:
Following up to "Rupert" :

That does not sound a waste of time to me. One of those magical
moments --much better to watch someone or something working than having
to
do it yourself:-)

I didn't know Kate could build nests. I'm impressed. :-)


Tsk, tsk. Most women build nests, you know. ;-))

um, no. Women conceive of the idea of wanting a nest, they tell their
husbands (with a very sketchy plan if the husband is really lucky) and then
the poor old sod they are married to has to go away and visualise exactly
what he is supposed to do, how to build it, what to buy, how much it will
cost, construct it, rennovate it when it 'wasn't exactly what she wanted'
and put up with comments about 'so and so down the road having a better one
etc'. You must be using the term 'build' in the very loosest sense of the
word.

rob

Following up to "George.com" :

... You must be using the term 'build' in the very loosest sense of the
word.

The bitter voice of experience? :-)
--
Tim C.

George.com wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message
snip
Tsk, tsk. Most women build nests, you know. ;-))

um, no. Women conceive of the idea of wanting a nest, they tell their
husbands (with a very sketchy plan if the husband is really lucky) and then
the poor old sod they are married to has to go away and visualise exactly
what he is supposed to do, how to build it, what to buy, how much it will
cost, construct it, rennovate it when it 'wasn't exactly what she wanted'
and put up with comments about 'so and so down the road having a better one
etc'. You must be using the term 'build' in the very loosest sense of the
word.

Not at all. I'm using it in the executive decision, directorial sense.
Having watched our rooks during this nest building season, I know it's
the females who do the work really. ;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

"Tim C." wrote in message
...
Following up to "George.com" :

... You must be using the term 'build' in the very loosest sense of the
word.

The bitter voice of experience? :-)
--
Tim C.

raised garden, gravel path, garden seat (that was not the best, even I admit
that), planter boxes, compost bins (they don't need to be exactly square),
brushwood fence, punga log screen, garden shed wall and at the moment raised
vege gardens. The latter I asked how wide do you want them and 2 levels or
1. When I said I was not sure I could do 'what was envisioned' it did not go
down too well. After it is finished hopefully 'what was envisioned' will be
a little hazy. Taking time to do things does have some advantages, ie,
'thats what you told me you wanted dear'.

rob

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George.com wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message
snip
Tsk, tsk. Most women build nests, you know. ;-))

um, no. Women conceive of the idea of wanting a nest, they tell their
husbands (with a very sketchy plan if the husband is really lucky) and
then
the poor old sod they are married to has to go away and visualise
exactly
what he is supposed to do, how to build it, what to buy, how much it
will
cost, construct it, rennovate it when it 'wasn't exactly what she
wanted'
and put up with comments about 'so and so down the road having a better
one
etc'. You must be using the term 'build' in the very loosest sense of
the
word.

Not at all. I'm using it in the executive decision, directorial sense.

Did you mean directional or dictatorial? We on the other end of executive
decisions call it either delegated responsibility (putting a positive face
on it) or dictatorial (putting a negative face on it). Doing the actual work
affords us what we call (temporal) peace and quiet.

rob